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Rural Media Studies: A Global Perspective
Deep Insights
Bloomsbury Academic (2026), 288 pp.
"Rural Media Studies: A Global Perspective brings together scholars from across the world to examine how digital technologies, platform infrastructures, and evolving media practices are reshaping life beyond metropolitan centers. Although media scholarship has long privileged urban spaces, this volu
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"This book investigates how the rise of information and communications technologies is transforming life for Indigenous communities and those living in rural and developing areas. The global reach of the internet and the proliferation of mobile phones, broadband and social media have created an inte
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Exploring Mental Health and Digital Technologies Among Young People in Rural Areas
Hopelab (2025), 19 pp.
"Young people in rural areas report distinct patterns in how they engage with digital technologies compared to their suburban and urban peers. These notable patterns are both shaped by and contribute to their experiences with digital connection, mental health, and well-being. This report highlights
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Digital Communication for Agricultural and Rural Development: Participatory Practices in a Post-COVID Age
Oxford: Routledge (2025), xx, 293 pp.
"This volume presents insights on the challenges of digital communication and participation in agricultural and rural development. The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed that digital technology and mediated participation is more important and essential in managing ongoing communication for development p
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ICT and Rural Development in the Global South
Deep Insights
London; New York: Routledge (2024), xiii, 211 pp.
"Drawing on years of experience across 45 countries, as well as extensive original academic research, Willem van Eekelen situates the evolving role of ICT in wider development patterns in the Global South. He discusses the effects of ICT on agriculture, trade, financial flows, resource management an
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Towards Digital Inclusion in Rural Transformation
Rome: FAO (2024), xiii, 113 pp.
Assessing the digital readiness and communication ecosystem of rural youth: Methodological guidelines
Rome: FAO (2024), vi, 92 pp.
Transforming rural Africa: Trends and experiences in rural communication services
Rome: FAO (2024), vii, 54 pp.
Connected farmers: A casebook of good practices and inspiring stories from Europe and Central Asia
Budapest: FAO (2024), vi, 127 pp.
Rural communication services: Trends and experiences in Asia and the Pacific
Rome: FAO (2024), vii, 79 pp.
Rural communication services for family farming: Results of a global forum
Rome: FAO (2024), x, 37 pp.
The curious case of blockchain in rural China: Unravelling power, profit, and surveillance
Big Data & Society, issue April–June (2024), 13 pp.
"Blockchain originated from the aspiration for decentralization, and in Western countries, its association with freedom from governmental and corporate dominance remains unwavering. However, in China–where blockchain has taken an intriguing foothold–the socio-technical imaginaries of blockchain
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‘Living in a post-truth era’? Online misinformation in everyday life in rural and urban China
Information, Communication & Society (2024), 21 pp.
"This paper investigates everyday information seeking and misinformation among Internet users in rural and urban China. The research employs both quantitative and qualitative methods to identify user demographics and categories of misinformation encountered on mobile devices online. The paper makes
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A return of dominant paradigm in China: Making Alibaba a development solution for rural China and the globe
Information, Communication & Society (2024), 21 pp.
"In 2011, Alibaba launched the Taobao Villages initiative, which enables rural e-commerce and connects rural sellers with urban buyers, highlighting the role of e-commerce platforms in reducing rural poverty. This approach was later integrated into national rural development policies. As the Digital
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Manjarrés en el tiempo del aprendizaje móvil
Medellín: Editorial Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana (2023), 153 pp.
"Este libro presenta una reflexión sobre las posibilidades didácticas de las TIC en el ámbito educativo rural, en el marco de la investigación “Formación de docentes de escuela nueva con aprendizaje móvil para la integración de TIC en sus prácticas de enseñanza” realizada por el Grupo d
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Impacts of Information and Communication Technologies on the SDGs: The Case of Mayu Telecomunicaciones in Rural Areas of Peru
Information Technology for Development, volume 29, issue 1 (2023), pp. 103-127
"Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) are considered a cross-cutting tool that contributes to meeting the global challenges set out in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). However, in many countries, there is still a significant connectivity gap between cities and rural areas. Using
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Breite×Tiefe×Nähe: Auf der Suche nach der Erfolgsformel für spendenfinanzierten digitalen Lokaljournalismus im ländlichen Raum
Berlin: Netzwerk Recherche (2023), 50 pp.
"[...] in den vergangenen Jahren wurden in Deutschland zwar zahlreiche neue, meist digitale Lokalmedien gegründet, diese haben ihren Sitz und Schwerpunkt jedoch sehr häufig in Städten. Der Report analysiert daher die Situation und Einstellungen abseits der urbanen Zentren. Für welche Art von Lok
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Audience Listenership of FM Radio: A Case Study of Rural Development in Northern Ghana
Cogent Arts & Humanities, volume 10, issue 2184750 (2023), 17 pp.
"The quest for effective strategies for rural development continues to be a challenge for policymakers in sub-Saharan Africa and their development partners. Communication development strategies executed using FM stations have emerged as a promising tool as a result of the medium being the most popul
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